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Commerce for Communications and 

Information on needed reforms to 

domestic spectrum policies and 

management in order to: license radio 

frequencies in a way that maximizes 

public benefits; keep wireless networks 

as open to innovation as possible; and 

make wireless services available to all 

Americans. See Charter at https://

www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/ 

publications/csmac-charter-2021.pdf. 

This Committee is subject to the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and is 

consistent with the National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration Act, 47 U.S.C. 904(b). 

The Committee functions solely as an 

advisory body in compliance with the 

FACA. For more information about the 

Committee visit: http://www.ntia.gov/ 

category/csmac. 

Matters To Be Considered: The 

planned meeting for Tuesday, December 

19, 2023, will be the last meeting of this 

term and will include the final reports 

and recommendations from the Citizens 

Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), 6G 

wireless systems, and Electromagnetic 

Compatibility Improvements (ECI) 

subcommittees. NTIA will post a 

detailed agenda on its website, http://

www.ntia.gov/category/csmac, prior to 

the meeting. To the extent that the 

meeting time and agenda permit, any 

member of the public may address the 

Committee regarding the agenda items. 

See Open Meeting and Public 

Participation Policy, available at http:// 

www.ntia.gov/category/csmac. 

Time and Date: The meeting will be 

held on December 19, 2023, from 2:00 

p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard 

Time (EST). The meeting time and the 

agenda topics are subject to change. 

Please refer to NTIA’s website, http://

www.ntia.gov/category/csmac, for the 

most up-to-date meeting agenda and 

access information. 

Place: The meeting will be held at the 

NCTA—The internet and Television 

Association, 25 Massachusetts Avenue 

NW, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20001. 

Individuals requiring accommodations 

are asked to notify Mr. Richardson at 

(202) 482–4156 or arichardson@ntia.gov 

at least ten (10) business days before the 

meeting. 

Status: Interested parties are invited 

to join the teleconference and to submit 

written comments to the Committee at 

any time before or after the meeting. 

Parties wishing to submit written 

comments for consideration by the 

Committee in advance of the meeting 

are strongly encouraged to submit their 

comments in PDF and/or Microsoft 

Word format via electronic mail to 

arichardson@ntia.gov. Comments may 

also be sent via postal mail to 

Commerce Spectrum Management 

Advisory Committee, National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration, 1401 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Room 4600, Washington, 

DC 20230. It would be helpful if paper 

submissions also include a compact disc 

(CD) that contains the comments in one 

or both of the file formats specified 

above. CDs should be labeled with the 

name and organizational affiliation of 

the filer. Comments must be received 

five (5) business days before the 

scheduled meeting date in order to 

provide sufficient time for review. 

Comments received after this date will 

be distributed to the Committee but may 

not be reviewed prior to the meeting. 

Additionally, please note that there may 

be a delay in the distribution of 

comments submitted via postal mail to 

Committee members. 

Records: NTIA maintains records of 

all Committee proceedings. Committee 

records are available for public 

inspection at NTIA’s Washington, DC 

office at the address above. Documents 

including the Committee’s charter, 

member list, agendas, minutes, and 

reports are available on NTIA’s website 

at http://www.ntia.gov/category/csmac. 

Stephanie Weiner, 

Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Patent and Trademark Office 

[Docket No.: PTO–P–2023–0041] 

Semiconductor Technology Pilot 

Program 

AGENCY: United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and 

Trademark Office (USPTO) is 

implementing the Semiconductor 

Technology Pilot Program, which is 

designed to accelerate improvements in 

the semiconductor industry by 

expediting examination of patent 

applications for certain semiconductor 

manufacturing innovations. The pilot 

program is intended to encourage 

research, development, and innovation 

in the semiconductor manufacturing 

space and provide equitable intellectual 

property protection to incentivize 

investments in the semiconductor 

manufacturing area. Expediting 

examination of patent applications 

directed to semiconductor 

manufacturing under this pilot program 

encourages innovations that increase 

semiconductor device production, 

reduce semiconductor manufacturing 

costs, and strengthen the semiconductor 

supply chain. Applications accepted 

into the pilot program will be advanced 

out of turn (accorded special status) for 

examination until a first Office action is 

issued. This notice outlines the 

conditions, requirements, and 

guidelines of the pilot program. 

DATES: Pilot Duration: The 

Semiconductor Technology Pilot 

Program will accept petitions to make 

special beginning December 1, 2023 

until either December 2, 2024 or the 

date the USPTO accepts a total of 1,000 

grantable petitions, whichever occurs 

first. The USPTO may, at its sole 

discretion, terminate the pilot program 

depending on factors such as workload 

and resources needed to administer the 

program, feedback from the public, and 

the effectiveness of the program. If the 

pilot program is terminated, the USPTO 

will notify the public. The USPTO will 

indicate on its website at 

www.uspto.gov/ 

SemiconductorTechnology the total 

number of petitions filed and the 

number of applications accepted into 

the pilot program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions regarding this pilot 

program, please contact Steven J. Fulk, 

Legal Advisor, at 571–270–0072 or 

Steven.Fulk@uspto.gov; Nalini 

Mummalaneni, Senior Legal Advisor, at 

571–270–1647 or 

Nalini.Mummalaneni@uspto.gov; or 

Susy Tsang-Foster, Senior Legal 

Advisor, at 571–272–7711 or 

Susy.Tsang-Foster@uspto.gov, all from 

the Office of Patent Legal 

Administration, Office of the Deputy 

Commissioner for Patent Examination 

Policy. For questions relating to a 

particular petition, please contact 

Bumsuk Won, Management Quality 

Assurance Specialist, at 571–272–2713 

or Bumsuk.Won@uspto.gov; or William 

Kraig, Supervisory Patent Examiner, at 

571–272–8660 or William.Kraig@

uspto.gov, both of Technology Center 

2800. For questions on electronic filing, 

please contact the Patent Electronic 

Business Center (EBC) at 866–217–9197 

(during its operating hours of 6 a.m. to 

midnight ET, Monday–Friday) or ebc@

uspto.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: New 

patent applications are normally taken 

up for examination in the order of their 

U.S. filing date or national stage entry 

date. See sections 708 and 1893.03(b) of 


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the Manual of Patent Examining 

Procedure (9th ed., Rev. 07.2022, 

February 2023) (MPEP). The USPTO has 

procedures under which an application 

will be advanced out of turn (accorded 

special status) for examination if the 

applicant files (1) a petition to make 

special under 37 CFR 1.102(c) or (d) 

with the appropriate showing, or (2) a 

request for prioritized examination 

under 37 CFR 1.102(e). See 37 CFR 

1.102(c)–(e) and MPEP 708.02, 

708.02(a), and 708.02(b). The USPTO 

revised its accelerated examination 

procedures effective August 25, 2006, 

requiring that all petitions to make 

special comply with the requirements of 

the revised accelerated examination 

(AE) program set forth in MPEP 

708.02(a), except those based on an 

inventor’s health or age or the Patent 

Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot 

Program. See Changes to Practice for 

Petitions in Patent Applications to Make 

Special and for Accelerated 

Examination, 71 FR 36323 (June 26, 

2006). 

The USPTO is implementing the 

Semiconductor Technology Pilot 

Program to support the Creating Helpful 

Incentives to Produce Semiconductors 

(CHIPS) Act of 2022 (see Pub. L. 117– 

167, 136 Stat. 1366 (2022)), which 

provides appropriations to implement 

the semiconductor provisions included 

in the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2021 (see Pub. L. 116–283, 

134 Stat. 3388 (2021)). The pilot 

program also supports Executive Order 

14080, dated August 25, 2022, which 

implements the incentives for 

semiconductor manufacturing provided 

by the CHIPS Act. See Executive Order 

14080 of August 25, 2022, 

Implementation of the CHIPS Act of 

2022, 87 FR 52847 (August 30, 2022). 

The CHIPS Act allocates transformative 

investments that are designed to 

increase semiconductor manufacturing 

capacity and improve the resilience of 

the semiconductor supply chain. The 

Semiconductor Technology Pilot 

Program supports the CHIPS Act by 

encouraging research, development, and 

innovation in the semiconductor 

manufacturing space and providing 

equitable intellectual property 

protection to incentivize investments in 

the semiconductor manufacturing area. 

Expediting examination of patent 

applications directed to certain 

processes and apparatuses for 

manufacturing semiconductor devices 

under this pilot program can help 

achieve the goals of the CHIPS Act by 

encouraging innovations that increase 

semiconductor device production, 

reduce semiconductor manufacturing 

costs, and strengthen the semiconductor 

supply chain. 

The pilot program permits an 

application that claims certain processes 

or apparatuses for manufacturing 

semiconductor devices to be advanced 

out of turn (accorded special status) 

until a first Office action is issued 

without meeting all of the requirements 

of the accelerated examination program 

set forth in MPEP 708.02(a) (for 

example, examination support 

document) if the applicant files a 

petition to make special under 37 CFR 

1.102(d) meeting all of the requirements 

set forth in this notice. 

To qualify for the pilot program, the 

applicant must file a petition to make 

special under the pilot program, and the 

application must claim an invention 

directed to certain processes or 

apparatuses for manufacturing 

semiconductor devices. The applicant 

must certify in the petition to make 

special that: (1) the applicant has a good 

faith belief that the claimed invention(s) 

meeting the technology requirement of 

the pilot program improves the 

manufacturing of semiconductor 

devices; (2) the process or apparatus 

covered by the claimed invention(s) 

meeting the technology requirement of 

the pilot program is disclosed in the 

specification as being primarily focused 

on the manufacturing of semiconductor 

devices; (3) the applicant has a good 

faith belief that expediting examination 

of the application will have a positive 

impact on the semiconductor 

manufacturing industry, such as 

increasing semiconductor device 

production, lowering semiconductor 

manufacturing costs, or increasing the 

resilience of the semiconductor supply 

chain; and (4) the inventor or any joint 

inventor has not been named as the 

inventor or a joint inventor on more 

than four other nonprovisional 

applications in which a petition to make 

special under this pilot program has 

been filed. Applications accepted into 

the pilot program will be advanced out 

of turn (accorded special status) until a 

first Office action is issued without 

meeting all of the current requirements, 

including any extra fee payments, of the 

accelerated examination program (for 

example, the requirement for an 

examination support document) or the 

prioritized examination program (for 

example, the prioritized examination fee 

or processing fee). 

All other requirements of the 

accelerated examination program that 

are not required by this notice, 

including the 37 CFR 1.17(h) fee for a 

petition to make special under 37 CFR 

1.102(d), are hereby waived based upon 

the special procedure specified in this 

notice. No fees or requirements other 

than those discussed above are waived 

by this pilot program. The USPTO will 

periodically evaluate the pilot program 

to determine whether and to what 

extent its coverage should be expanded 

or limited. 

Part I. Requirements To Participate 

A petition to make special under the 

pilot program may be granted in an 

application provided that the following 

conditions are satisfied: 

(1) Types of Applications and Time for 

Filing Petition 

The petition to make special under 

the pilot program must be filed: 

(a) with the filing of a noncontinuing 

original utility nonprovisional 

application or entry into the national 

stage under 35 U.S.C. 371, or within 30 

days of the filing date or entry date of 

the application; or 

(b) with the filing of an original utility 

nonprovisional application claiming the 

benefit of an earlier filing date under 35 

U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), or 386(c) of only 

one prior nonprovisional application or 

only one prior international application 

designating the United States or within 

30 days of the filing date of such 

application. 

Definition 

Noncontinuing application: A 

noncontinuing application is an 

application that is not a continuation, 

divisional, or continuation-in-part 

application filed under the conditions 

specified in 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, 365(c), 

or 386(c) and 37 CFR 1.78. See MPEP 

201.02. 

The pilot program is reserved for the 

nonprovisional applications described 

above that have not received a first 

Office action (including a written 

restriction requirement). Any 

application that claims the benefit of the 

filing date of two or more prior filed 

applications that are nonprovisional 

U.S. applications and/or international 

applications designating the United 

States is not eligible for participation in 

the pilot program. Claiming the benefit 

under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) of one or more 

prior provisional applications or 

claiming a right of priority under 35 

U.S.C. 119(a)–(d) or (f) to one or more 

foreign applications will not affect 

eligibility for the pilot program. 

(2) Office Form Required for Filing 

Petition 

To participate in this pilot program, 

an applicant must file a petition to make 

special using form PTO/SB/467, titled 

‘‘CERTIFICATION AND PETITION TO 


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MAKE SPECIAL UNDER THE 

SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY 

PILOT PROGRAM’’ (available at 

www.uspto.gov/PatentForms). Form 

PTO/SB/467 contains the necessary 

certifications for qualification to 

participate in the pilot program. Use of 

the form will enable the USPTO to 

quickly identify and timely process the 

petition. In addition, use of the form 

will help applicants understand and 

comply with the petition requirements 

of the pilot program. Under 5 CFR 

1320.3(h), form PTO/SB/467 does not 

collect ‘‘information’’ within the 

meaning of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

(3) The Application Must Include at 

Least One Claim That Meets the 

Technology Requirement 

The application must contain at least 

one claim that covers a process or an 

apparatus for manufacturing a 

semiconductor device and corresponds 

to one or more of the technical concepts 

within H10 (Semiconductor Devices; 

Electric Solid-State Devices Not 

Otherwise Provided For) or H01L 

(Semiconductor Devices Not Covered by 

Class H10) in the Cooperative Patent 

Classification (CPC) system. 

The full schemes of the H10 class and 

the H01L subclass are available at 

www.uspto.gov/web/patents/ 

classification/. 

(4) Required Certifications 

The petition to make special must 

certify that: (a) the applicant has a good 

faith belief that the claimed invention(s) 

meeting the technology requirement of 

the pilot program improves the 

manufacturing of semiconductor 

devices; (b) the process or apparatus 

covered by the claimed invention(s) 

meeting the technology requirement of 

the pilot program is disclosed in the 

specification as being primarily focused 

on the manufacturing of semiconductor 

devices; (c) the applicant has a good 

faith belief that expediting examination 

of the application will have a positive 

impact on the semiconductor 

manufacturing industry, such as 

increasing semiconductor device 

production, lowering semiconductor 

manufacturing costs, or increasing the 

resilience of the semiconductor supply 

chain; and (d) the inventor or any joint 

inventor has not been named as the 

inventor or a joint inventor on more 

than four other nonprovisional 

applications in which a petition to make 

special under this pilot program has 

been filed. Form PTO/SB/467 contains 

these certifications. 

(5) Publication Requirement for 

Applications 

If the applicant files the petition to 

make special on the date of filing of an 

application, the application may not be 

filed with a nonpublication request. If 

the applicant previously filed a 

nonpublication request in the 

application, the applicant should file a 

rescission of the nonpublication request 

no later than the time the petition to 

make special is filed. The applicant may 

use form PTO/SB/36 to rescind the 

nonpublication request. 

(6) Claim Limits and No Multiple 

Dependent Claims 

The application must contain no more 

than three independent claims and no 

more than 20 total claims (‘‘program 

claim limits’’) and must not contain any 

multiple dependent claims. If an 

application exceeds three independent 

claims or 20 total claims, or if it 

contains any multiple dependent 

claims, the applicant should file a 

preliminary amendment in compliance 

with 37 CFR 1.121 to cancel any excess 

claims or multiple dependent claims no 

later than the date the petition to make 

special under the pilot program is filed. 

After an application has been granted 

special status under the pilot program, 

any amendment that does not comply 

with the program claim limits or adds 

a multiple dependent claim is not 

permitted. The petition must include a 

statement that the applicant agrees not 

to exceed the program claim limits or 

add any multiple dependent claims 

during the remainder of prosecution of 

the application if the application has 

been granted special status under the 

pilot program. The examiner may refuse 

entry of any amendment filed in reply 

to an Office action that, if entered, 

would result in a set of pending claims 

that exceeds the program claim limits or 

adds a multiple dependent claim. See 

Part V of this notice. 

(7) Statement Regarding Restriction 

Requirement, Elected Invention and 

Claim Requirements 

The petition must include a statement 

that the applicant agrees to the 

following if the application is granted 

special status under the pilot program: 

(a) If a requirement for restriction or 

unity of invention is made, the 

applicant will make an election to an 

invention that meets the technology 

requirement of this pilot program, and 

(b) During the remainder of 

prosecution of the application: (i) the 

applicant will not exceed the program 

claim limits or add any multiple 

dependent claims; and (ii) the applicant 

will not cancel all claims to the elected 

invention or all claims that meet the 

technology requirement of this pilot 

program. 

(8) Electronic Filing of Application and 

Petition Required 

The petition to make special may only 

be made by filing form PTO/SB/467, 

which must be filed electronically using 

the USPTO’s Patent Center (at https://

patentcenter.uspto.gov). Applicants 

must file the petition using the 

document description (‘‘Petition for 

Semiconductor Pilot’’) indicated on 

form PTO/SB/467. In addition, the 

application or national stage entry must 

be filed using Patent Center. 

(9) Required Use of DOCX Format for 

Specification, Claim(s), and Abstract on 

Filing or on National Stage Entry 

The specification, claim(s), and 

abstract of the application must be 

submitted in DOCX format at the time 

the application is filed or enters the 

national stage. Prior to submitting the 

application for filing in DOCX format, 

applicants will receive a feedback 

document. Applicants may find it 

beneficial to review the feedback 

document and make corrections to the 

application before filing the application. 

By making the necessary corrections 

before filing, applicants may avoid 

delays that can occur in the preexamination process. For more 

information on DOCX filing in Patent 

Center, please see www.uspto.gov/ 

patents/docx. Applicants can direct any 

inquiries concerning electronic filing of 

the petition and application to the EBC 

at 866–217–9197 or ebc@uspto.gov. 

(10) Filing Limitations 

An applicant may file a petition to 

participate in the pilot program if the 

inventor or any joint inventor has not 

been named as the inventor or a joint 

inventor on more than four other 

nonprovisional patent applications in 

which a petition to make special under 

this pilot program has been filed. In 

other words, the inventor or any joint 

inventor named on the application can 

only be named as the inventor or a joint 

inventor on a maximum of five 

nonprovisional applications in which a 

petition under the pilot program has 

been filed. Therefore, if the inventor or 

any one of the joint inventors of the 

instant application has been named as 

the inventor or a joint inventor on more 

than four other nonprovisional 

applications in which petitions under 

this pilot program have been filed, then 

the petition for the instant application 

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Part II. Internal Processing of the 

Petition Under the Pilot Program 

If the applicant files a petition to 

make special under the pilot program, 

the USPTO will not render a decision 

on the petition until the application has 

completed pre-examination processing. 

Any inquiries concerning a particular 

petition to make special should be 

directed to the appropriate Technology 

Center handling the petition. If the 

petition is granted, the application will 

be accorded special status under the 

pilot program. The application will be 

placed on an examiner’s special docket 

until a first Office action is issued. After 

the first Office action, the application 

will no longer be treated as special 

during examination. For example, if an 

amendment is filed in response to a first 

Office action, it will be placed on the 

examiner’s regular amended docket. 

If the petition to make special under 

the pilot program does not comply with 

the requirements set forth in this notice, 

the USPTO may notify the applicant of 

the deficiency by issuing a notice. The 

notice will give the applicant only one 

opportunity to correct the deficiency. If 

the applicant still wishes to participate 

in the pilot program, the applicant must 

file a reply via Patent Center that 

includes appropriate corrections and a 

properly signed petition form PTO/SB/ 

467 within one month or 30 days, 

whichever is longer, from the mail/ 

notification date of the notice informing 

the applicant of the deficiency. The time 

period for reply is not extendable under 

37 CFR 1.136(a). If the applicant fails to 

correct the deficiency indicated in the 

notice within the time period set, the 

application will not be accepted into the 

pilot program and will be taken up for 

examination in accordance with 

standard examination procedures. 

In addition, the petition will be 

dismissed without an opportunity for 

correction if any of the following 

deficiencies exists: (1) the application 

does not contain a claim that meets the 

technology requirement of the pilot 

program; (2) the process or apparatus for 

the manufacturing of semiconductor 

devices covered by the claim meeting 

the technology requirement is not 

disclosed in the specification as being 

primarily focused on the manufacturing 

of semiconductor devices; (3) the 

application or national stage entry was 

not filed electronically in Patent Center; 

(4) the specification, claim(s), and 

abstract of the application were not 

submitted in DOCX format at the time 

of filing or national stage entry; (5) the 

application is not an original (nonreissue), nonprovisional utility 

application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a), 

or an international application that has 

entered the national stage under 35 

U.S.C. 371; (6) the application claims 

the benefit of the filing date of two or 

more prior filed applications that are 

nonprovisional U.S. applications and/or 

international applications designating 

the United States; and (7) the petition 

was not filed with the application or 

national stage entry or within 30 days of 

the application’s filing date or national 

stage entry date. 

Part III. Requirement for Restriction or 

Unity of Invention 

If the claims in the application are 

directed to multiple inventions, the 

examiner may make a requirement for 

restriction or unity of invention in 

accordance with current restriction 

practice. If such a requirement is made, 

the applicant must make an election to 

an invention that meets the technology 

requirement of this pilot program. 

Part IV. Period for Reply by the 

Applicant 

The time periods set for reply in 

Office actions for an application granted 

special status under the pilot program 

will be the same as those set forth in 

MPEP 710.02(b). 

Part V. Replies by the Applicant Under 

the Pilot Program 

During the remainder of prosecution 

of an application granted special status 

under the pilot program, the applicant’s 

replies to Office actions must be fully 

responsive to the rejections, objections, 

and requirements made by the 

examiner. Any amendment or election 

filed in reply to an Office action may be 

treated as not fully responsive if it 

attempts to: (1) add claims that would 

result in more than three independent 

claims or more than 20 total claims 

pending in the application; (2) add any 

multiple dependent claim(s); (3) cancel 

all claims that meet the technology 

requirement of the pilot program; (4) 

elect an invention that does not meet 

the technology requirement of the pilot 

program, or (5) cancel all claims to the 

elected invention. 

If a reply to a nonfinal Office action 

is not fully responsive for any of the 

reasons set forth above but is a genuine 

attempt to advance the application to 

final action, the examiner may, at their 

discretion, issue a notice of 

nonresponsive amendment and provide 

a shortened statutory period of two 

months for the applicant to supply a 

fully responsive reply. Extensions of 

this time period under 37 CFR 1.136(a) 

to the notice of nonresponsive 

amendment will be permitted, but in no 

case can any extension carry the date for 

reply to this notice beyond the 

maximum period of SIX MONTHS set 

by statute (35 U.S.C. 133). However, any 

further nonresponsive amendment 

typically will not be treated as genuine, 

and therefore, the time period set in the 

prior notice will continue to run. 

Part VI. After-Final and Appeal 

Procedures 

Any amendment, affidavit, or other 

evidence after a final Office action and 

prior to appeal must comply with 37 

CFR 1.116. During the appeal process, 

the application will be treated in 

accordance with the normal appeal 

procedure (see MPEP Chapter 1200). 

Part VII. Withdrawal From the Pilot 

Program 

There is no provision for withdrawal 

from the pilot program. An applicant 

may abandon an application that has 

been granted special status under the 

pilot program in favor of a continuing 

application. However, a continuing 

application will not automatically be 

granted special status based on the 

petition filed in the parent application. 

Each application (including each 

continuing application) must, on its 

own merit, meet all requirements for 

special status under the pilot program, 

and be accompanied by its own petition 

as detailed in Part I above. 

Katherine Kelly Vidal, 

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 

Property and Director of the United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–16–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed deletions from the 

Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to delete product(s) from the 

Procurement List that were furnished by 

nonprofit agencies employing persons 

who are blind or have other severe 

disabilities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before: December 31, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 355 E Street SW, Suite 325, 

Washington, DC 20024. 


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